I have been contacted by a member regarding a post of mine on the old site. It was from LIzG who lives in Australia where she moved with her family in 1967. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Holdsworth and the family used to live at the Limes. Her older sister, Julia I think, was a member on the old site and we discussed Dobsons Dairies along with the discussion on the school photos. The old thread is not accessible on the archive so I am reposting these pictures so Liz can see how we used to look 50 years ago. The first one is my class from 1959 and the second is a photo that Nigel Broughton asked me to put up which is the class of 1965.

Liz, I am on the front row at the left next to Lynn Pounder, Wendy Ferguson is next with her dolly and then next to her is Blair Villiers who you mentioned in your PM. Sarah is on the second row in the polka dot dress looking all shy. I can edit more names in if you want them.

These are fanatastic Ian. There are some faces I recognise but the names escape me for the moment. Who is the boy in Nigel's photo, second back row, 3rd from the right? If you can post more names I would be grateful.

I will come back to the site when I have a bit more time today with more questions. Thank you again.

I knew your sisters were J's but forgot it was Jill that posted on the site before.

The lad you asks about is David Wiseman. Along that same row from left to right, Geoff Askew, Carl Foster, Alan? Brown, Ian Fletcher, Howard Ormerod, Trevor Hartley, Bob Brown, --?--, David Wiseman, --?--, last lad is either Michael Collins or David Mitchell.

Nigel who's photo it is said that he wrote all the nanes on the back, we had them on the old site but the links are broken to that old thread now so I can only go from memory. Nigel is third from the left on the back row, --?--, Pete Neve, --?--, --?--, Blair Villiers, --?--

One thing I could never fathom about this photo is that quite a few of these were in my class but not all. I am not on this one so I was either away when it was taken (which could be a possibility) as I don't have a copy of this photo, or it was not a single class photo, but if so, why a mixture?

Quite a few are also on the 1959 photo of mine, some were in the same group all the way through from infants to leaving primary.

I have just reworked this thread and updated the image references. I will add the names I can remember to this one.

Next to me from left to right is John Midgley, Nigel Broughton, -?- , Michael Collins, Ian Frankland, Chris Redsell, -?- Second row, I cant remeber the first lad but I think the second is John Heaton, Jack Pearce, Malcolm Ball, Allan Jesson, -?-, David? Barnes, Stephen Pitman, Jimmy Ormerod, -?-, -?- Of the girls Rosemary Moore is third from the left then I think Lynne Pounder, -?-, Wendy Ferguson, cant place the rest apart from Christine Bateman second from the right, the girl at extreme right may be either Val Pitman or is it Val Wood?

Come to think about it and triggered by Thomo's post about Vernon Wood, I think that the girl at extreme left on Nigels picture and on the right above is Val Wood.

Yes Wendy right in the middle next to Trevor Hartley. Bobs dad is (was) Jim Brown he had the barbers shop on the small row just below the school at Dam Head, the shop still has the same use. Most of the lads, me included got sent to Jims, "Right lad what's it to be"?, "My dad said I just needed a trim", "OK that's fine, short back and sides it is then, zzzzz zzzzzz zzzzzz, do you want a dab of Brylcreem"?

Hi Ian, Hope you are keeping well. I have just found the site and looked at some of the photo's. You are right about how the classes seemed to be mixed up. On Mal's photo the twins are the Wisemans (Stephen and David I think) who are one year older than us, yet sat next to them is Val Wood was our age. In the photo from 1961/2 the guy stood two to my left is Alan Richards. Regards
Alan Jesson